Belarus made rifle scope, is it an airgun optic?

[The_Shmoo]

6x40 fixed, no illumination, made in Belarus possibly by belomo-zenit at Vilejka. Has something similar to a German #1 post reticle, glass has a slight yellow tinge to it.

Is it a full calibre rifle scope or an airgun optic?

 

[CeeZer]

Well, I may be wrong but it looks like it's meant for airguns, did some searching on it.

 

[The_Shmoo]

Well, I may be wrong but it looks like it's meant for airguns, did some searching on it.

I'm inclined to agree. It looks like a 1:1 copy of an airgun scope I see on Amazon, a Richter optik 6x40. Same windage and elevation knob covers, same focus adjustment. I can't locate anything specific that matches this particular setup with this manufacturer mark and this reticle.

EDIT: I am also finding European listings, mostly Russian, of this optic on regular rifles, usually listed as a Belarussian PO scope. Same manufacturer, same adjustment caps.

 

[Hunter7]

Didn’t even know Belarus made scopes.

 

[bigHUN]

How crisp is the glass?

At the end of WW2 both sides were grabbing the leftover german technologies, just remember how some names were split between West and East:
Porshe and Trabant, Skoda, Zeiss and Zenit, airplanes, and so on...
Zenit was a quality lens maker in 70's 80's.
I had couple russian photography lenses through my hands back at that timeframe. The glass was good only the metal fabrications were a bit rough.

 

[kamlooky]

You should find out soon enough.

 

[The_Shmoo]

I've got mounted well enough, I should have it out to the range fairly soon.

 

[TBCX]

shooting a springer airgun will determine which it was built for

 

[The_Shmoo]

6.5x55 will also make that determination pretty quick I reckon.

 

[Rust]

Have done no research into this scope whatsoever but I do know sellers in certain countries are listing items as sporting goods, airsoft and air gun parts to get past arms export laws.